¹¹ Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:

³⁰ But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were against the purpose of God for themselves, not having had his baptism.)

²⁵ You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:

⁴³ Again and again he made them free; but their hearts were turned against his purpose, and they were overcome by their sins.

⁷ Our fathers did not give thought to your wonders in Egypt; they did not keep in memory the great number of your mercies, but gave you cause for wrath at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

²⁴ Your wisdom will be my guide, and later you will put me in a place of honour.

³⁹ What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?

⁴⁰ Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord;

⁴¹ Lifting up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens.

⁴² We have done wrong and gone against your law; we have not had your forgiveness.

¹⁵ The joy of our hearts is ended; our dancing is changed into sorrow.

¹⁶ The crown has been taken from our head: sorrow is ours, for we are sinners.

¹⁷ Because of this our hearts are feeble; for these things our eyes are dark;

¹⁴ And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.

²⁷ For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.

²⁸ And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;

¹⁶ As for the word which you have said to us in the name of the Lord, we will not give ear to you.

¹⁰ But they went against him, causing grief to his holy spirit: so he was turned against them, and made war on them.

¹¹ Then the early days came to their minds, the days of Moses his servant: and they said, Where is he who made the keeper of his flock come up from the sea? where is he who put his holy spirit among them,

¹⁹ Who say, Let him do his work quickly, let him make it sudden, so that we may see it: let the design of the Holy One of Israel come near, so that it may be clear to us.

¹⁵ And so the wrath of the Lord was moved against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, Why have you gone after the gods of the people who have not given their people salvation from your hands?

¹⁶ But while he was talking to him the king said to him, Have we made you one of the king's government? say no more, or it will be the cause of your death. Then the prophet gave up protesting, and said, It is clear to me that God's purpose is your destruction, because you have done this and have not given ear to my words.

¹⁰ And the word of the Lord came to Manasseh and his people, but they gave no attention.

¹⁶ But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.

⁶ Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.

¹⁸ You have gone up on high, taking your prisoners with you; you have taken offerings from men; the Lord God has taken his place on the seat of his power.

⁴⁰ How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places!

⁷ He takes the poor man out of the dust, lifting him up from his low position;

⁸ To give him a place among the rulers, even with the rulers of his people.

⁹ He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.

²⁴ Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.

³⁰ They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.

³¹ So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.

⁵ Those who were full are offering themselves as servants for bread; those who were in need are at rest; truly, she who had no children has become the mother of seven; and she who had a family is wasted with sorrow.

⁶ The Lord is the giver of death and life: sending men down to the underworld and lifting them up.

⁷ The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;

⁸ Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.